Comments on: Vista, innit http://davepress.net/2008/12/15/vista-innit/ Using the internet to make government more interesting Fri, 11 Jun 2010 13:45:35 +0100 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: Mike Amos-Simpson http://davepress.net/2008/12/15/vista-innit/comment-page-1/#comment-2314 Mike Amos-Simpson Mon, 15 Dec 2008 21:05:14 +0000 http://davepress.net/2008/12/15/vista-innit/#comment-2314 couldn't you have just installed vista on your mac? couldn’t you have just installed vista on your mac?

]]> By: Andrew Beeken http://davepress.net/2008/12/15/vista-innit/comment-page-1/#comment-2305 Andrew Beeken Mon, 15 Dec 2008 13:17:34 +0000 http://davepress.net/2008/12/15/vista-innit/#comment-2305 I seem to be about the only person in the world who actually likes working with Vista. I think it is the fact that our home computer is a family machine, and Vista seems to have a "family friendly" approach. I also love the Photo Gallery for organising our family pics. The only problem I ever had with Vista is when I turned off the annoying security stuff (i.e. having to confirm when you want to open or install something) only to discover that it actually acts as a conduit to the registry and that any registry calls were not being made, leading to borked installs and wonky software (Office and iTunes were prime examples). Also, Chrome is currently my default browser of choice for it's speed and simplicity (I was never big on the FF extensions). If extensions are your thing, though, keep an eye on Chrome as Google are working on an extension platform for it. I seem to be about the only person in the world who actually likes working with Vista. I think it is the fact that our home computer is a family machine, and Vista seems to have a “family friendly” approach. I also love the Photo Gallery for organising our family pics.

The only problem I ever had with Vista is when I turned off the annoying security stuff (i.e. having to confirm when you want to open or install something) only to discover that it actually acts as a conduit to the registry and that any registry calls were not being made, leading to borked installs and wonky software (Office and iTunes were prime examples).

Also, Chrome is currently my default browser of choice for it’s speed and simplicity (I was never big on the FF extensions). If extensions are your thing, though, keep an eye on Chrome as Google are working on an extension platform for it.

]]> By: Martin Belam http://davepress.net/2008/12/15/vista-innit/comment-page-1/#comment-2303 Martin Belam Mon, 15 Dec 2008 11:59:43 +0000 http://davepress.net/2008/12/15/vista-innit/#comment-2303 Don't listen to the naysayers - it always makes sense to be across multiple operating systems. I swear by my MacBook, but I still have an XP PC hooked up for the times when something is Windows only, and to also try new things on it. I have access to one of the Linux-based Asus EEE PCs as well. Especially if your clients are almost universally going to be using Windows, it would be silly not to have used it. Don’t listen to the naysayers – it always makes sense to be across multiple operating systems. I swear by my MacBook, but I still have an XP PC hooked up for the times when something is Windows only, and to also try new things on it. I have access to one of the Linux-based Asus EEE PCs as well. Especially if your clients are almost universally going to be using Windows, it would be silly not to have used it.

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